Mr. Fuad Huda

Mr. Fuad Huda

Assistant Lecturer
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Room-127, Building-37, 17 Alliance Lane, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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Dr. Fuad is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) of Monash University at Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia. He is also a postgraduate researcher of the Public Transport Research Group (PTRG) of Monash Institute of Transport Studies (Monash ITS). His current research work is focused in understanding the transport benefits of autonomous vehicles for CBD commuters. Before joining Monash University, he worked as a faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering at East West University and Military Institute of Science and Technology in Bangladesh for several years. Fuad also worked as a professional transport consultant in England where he worked with several government councils and private sectors on various projects. Besides his current project, Fuad’s research interest lies in the broad sector of travel behaviour, transport planning and policy, sustainable transport and urban transportation.

Fuad is an entusiastic researcher and collaborator with good communication, problem-solving and organisational skills. He is open to new research ideas which is of greater benefit to the society. Fuad loves reading novels, playing football, badminton and enjoys natural scerenity at his leisure time.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Civil (Transportation) Engineering, Monash University
  • M.Sc in Transport planning and environment, Institute for transport studies, University of Leeds, UK
  • B.Sc in Civil Engineering, Military Institite of Science and Technology, Bangladesh University of Professionals

Expertise

Travel behaviour
Transportation planning and policy
Urban and sustainable transportation

Awards

  • Best presentation award at PhD research symposium of 45th Australasian Transport Research Forum conference – 2024
  • Rees Jeffreys award by Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom – 2024
  • Dean’s list award by Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh – 2011
  • Commandant’s list award by Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh – 2010

Associations

  • Executive board member, Australasian Transport Research Forum Inc. – 2023 to 2025
  • President, Civil Engineering Postgraduate Committee, Monash University – 2023 to 2024

Journal

  1. Huda, F. Y., Currie, G., Pimenta, A., and Kamruzzaman, L. (2025). Self vs employer paid parking impact on mode choice – The Melbourne downtown commute in an era of driverless cars. Travel Behaviour and Society, 40, 101022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101022
  2. Huda, F. Y., Currie, G., and Kamruzzaman, L. (2025). Measuring the relative impact of factors influencing autonomous vehicle value of travel time. Travel Behaviour and Society, 39, 100958. DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100958
  3. Huda, F. Y., Kamruzzaman, L. (Md), Nikfalazar, S., Koh, S. Y., Arunachalam, D., and Lukose, D. (2024). The Trends and Patterns of Informal Housing Practices in Australia. Urban Policy and Research, 42(4), pp. 445-462. DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2024.2399031
  4. Huda, F. Y., Currie, G., & Kamruzzaman, M. (2023). Understanding the value of autonomous vehicles – an empirical meta-synthesis. Transport Reviews, 43(6), 1058-1082. DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2023.2189324
  5. Wadud, Z., and Huda, F.Y. (2019). Fully automated vehicles: the use of travel time and its association with intention to use. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Transport, pp. 1-33. DOI: 10.1680/jtran.18.00134
  6. Wadud, Z., and Huda, F.Y. (2017). Fire Safety in the Readymade Garment Sector in Bangladesh: Structural Inadequacy vs. Management Deficiency, Fire Technology, 53(2), pp. 793-814. DOI: 10.1007/s10694-016-0599-x.
  7. Wadud, Z., Huda, F.Y., and Ahmed, N.U. (2014). Assessment of Fire Risk in the Readymade Garment Industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fire Technology, 50(5), pp. 1127-1145. DOI: 10.1007/s10694-013-0349-2.

Conference

  • Huda, F. Y., Currie, G., Pimenta, A., and Kamruzzaman, L. Impact of parking payment system on mode switch behaviour of downtown driverless car commuters. 104th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, 5-9 Jan 2025, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Huda, F. Y., Currie, G., and Kamruzzaman, M. L. Mode switch in the era of driverless cars – Melbourne CBD car commuters. 45th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) Conference, 27-29 Nov 2024, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Huda, F. Y. Factors influencing autonomous vehicle value of travel time: a review of the literature. PhD research symposium of 45th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) Conference, 27-29 Nov 2024, Melbourne, Australia
  • Huda, F.Y., Currie, G., and Kamruzzaman, M. A meta-regression of autonomous vehicle value of time estimates. 44th Australasian Transport Research Forum Conference, 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2023, Perth, Australia.
  • Huda, F.Y., Nikfalazar, S., Kamruzzaman, M., Koh, S.Y., Arunachalam, D., and Lukose, D. Understanding trends of informal housing supply and demand in Australian cities through web scraping, data analysis and visualization. State of Australasian Cities Conference 2023, 6 – 8 December 2023, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Huda, F.Y., and Wadud, Z. How does the travellers’ from Bangladesh spend their journey time in their current mode of transport? 25th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, 12-14 December 2021, Hong Kong.
  • Huda, F.Y., Bin Abdul Rani, M.S., and Wadud, Z. A Comparative Study of Fire Safety Condition in the Readymade Garment Sector of Bangladesh Before and After the Rana Plaza Accident. Proceedings of the International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, January 12 – 14, 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Wadud, Z., and Huda, F.Y. The Potential Use and Usefulness of Travel Time in Fully Automated Vehicles. 15th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, July 15 – 20, 2018, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
  • Wadud, Z., and Huda, F.Y. The Potential Use and Usefulness of Travel Time in Fully Automated Vehicles. 97th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Meeting, January 7 – 11, 2018, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • Wadud, Z., and Huda, F.Y. The Potential Use and Usefulness of Travel Time in Fully Automated Vehicles. 50th Annual Conference of the Universities Transport Studies Group, January 3 – 5, 2018, University College London, UK.
  • Wadud, Z., Huda, F.Y., and Ahmed, N.U. Assessment of Fire Risks in the RMG Industry, 3rd International Trade Expo for Building and Fire Safety, December 8, 2015, Banga Bandhu Convention Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Teaching Commitments

  • CIV2206 - Structural mechanics
  • CIV2282 - Transport and traffic engineering
  • CIV3283 - Road engineering
  • CIV5177/CIV6177 - Advanced road engineering
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